Letters

The good old U.S.A. loves war. It proliferates war. It has always loved war. It loves killing, maiming, injuring, and incapacitating human beings, including it’s own citizens. This government loves war.

Over the last couple of weeks I have to confess that I’ve developed a serious addiction.

I used to be someone who wakes up in the morning to check the daily news headlines and have a bowl of cereal. But lately, I have to indulge this addiction first. In fact, I indulge almost any moment I can steal away from work or anything else I happen to be doing at the time.

In my defense, I don’t think this is a terribly bad addiction. Except of course, that this new addiction simply adds to a prior addiction I already had.

It bothers me to learn that there isn’t any money to build a new incinerator to dispose of dead animals. Seems to me that those who respect humane treatment of animals (dead or alive) would also be concerned.

I would encourage the city to aggressively request and seek funding for this project. I appreciate Councilwoman Tonita Gurule-Giron’s concern and hope others will also express their thoughts. Quality of life does not only apply to humans, and a community that doesn’t accommodate the needs of all creatures

We the coaches of the Las Vegas Little League 10-11 year old boys All Star team would like to thank the following businesses who contributed monetary donations for our travel expenses to the district tournament in Taos.

Three Las Vegas high school wrestlers were selected as members of the Northern New Mexico Select Team that recently traveled to Orlando, Fla., to participate in the “Disney Duals.” Wrestlers Michael Pierce, Dominic Yara and Dominic Lucero spent five days wrestling up to 12 matches against other states’ best wrestlers. The experience was invaluable as each wrestler prepares for the upcoming wrestling season.

I’m surprised the Optic printed “A rebuttal to July 4 editorial” — such a racist rant.

So, Las Vegas is poor because the wealth of privileged white people hasn’t trickled down to their victims here, huh?

Of course, being born white is a guarantee of wealth and privilege.
Not quite. My father’s people were Scottish immigrant dirt farmers who lost everything in the Nebraska Dust Bowl. And yet, the family’s four children all worked their way through college and became successful.

On July 1, San Miguel County stopped operating the veterans van. The van provided transportation for veterans with no other way to get to the V.A. Hospital in Albuquerque for medical treatment. The reason given for this action was “ the county was losing money.”

Having been away most of the summer, I was unaware of the desecration of grave markers at the Montefiore Jewish Cemetery and, to a lesser extent, at the adjoining Masonic Cemetery. After learning about these acts, I visited the cemeteries to see for myself and saw a large number of markers toppled from their bases and in one case, most disturbingly, a monument with a Jewish star which had been smashed.

The economy is bad, and because of this, the federal government has had to do what they can to cut corners. The small town post offices are in danger of closing. Holman, I’m sure, is on the list.
I, for one, would really hate to see this happen. That little post office holds a lot of memories for me. Mother enrolled me in Character Building private school at the age of five. She worked as an assistant postmistress to pay for my tuition.